Herby couscous with citrus & pomegranate dressing

Herby couscous with citrus & pomegranate dressing

This colourful side dish goes beautifully with lamb chops, or Middle Eastern-style dishes

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Method

  1. Place the couscous in a shallow bowl, then pour over 200ml boiling water. Cover the bowl with cling film, then leave for 5 mins until the couscous has swelled up and absorbed all of the water. Ruffle with a fork to separate the grains, then stir through the pomegranate seeds and herbs.
  2. Make a dressing by mixing together the orange juice, white wine vinegar and olive oil, then stir into the couscous. Season well with salt and serve.
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Tip

Larger supermarkets stock packs of fresh pomegranate seeds, but if you have difficulties finding them, use dried cherries or raisins instead.

PER SERVING

189 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 32g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, sugar 6g, salt 0.01 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2009.

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  • 23 June 2009

    JOOLES rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Ive not cooked with cous cous before, could this be made ahead and eaten cold????

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  • 23 June 2009

    JOOLES commented on this recipe

    Just to add: if this can be made up and eaten cold would it be ok to add the liquid ingredients such as the orange juice, white wine vinegar and olive oil stir through and then leave it till ready to be eaten or would it be better to add the liquids just before serving??? im going to a BBQ soon and would like to take this with me.

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  • 04 October 2009

    Flossie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really enjoyed this. Used chicken stock instead of water and added chopped bunch of spring onions. Also used parsey instead of coriander (didn't bother with the pomegranate). Jooles - probably way too late but this is lovely cold - as it only takes about 5 mins to make, I'd make it fresh and take it to the BBQ)

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  • 16 October 2010

    Dory6 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Like Sarah M, I used a chicken stock cube and chopped parsley! Lovely with Lamb and apricot tagine. I also put some flaked almonds in mine. And so quick and easy too.

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  • 15 November 2010

    Aj21010 rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Really bland - will definitely be using the chicken stock and flaked almonds next time.

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  • 23 June 2011

    sami_23 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Always use this recipe for serving with my butternut squash tagine, real crowd pleaser and can be made very quickly in mamouth portions for easy buffet style meal. I tend to wack in a huge handful of both corriander and mint to pep up the cous cous. If you don't have pomegranates I've also found dried raisins /cranberries as a good alternative. Is also great the next day with some cubes of feta chopped and thrown in.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 200g couscous
  • 5 oz 150g pack pomegranates seeds
  • handful chopped herbs (we used mint and coriander)
  • juice 1 orange
  • 2 tbsp each white wine vinegar and olive oil
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PER SERVING

189 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 32g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, sugar 6g, salt 0.01 g

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